Voting in this summer’s Ocean Pines Association election will begin this week, as ballots are being mailed to property owners today.

Ocean Pines Association members have until Aug. 7 to get their votes in for the candidates they want to fill two available seats on the board of directors.

“The results will be announced at the annual meeting on Aug. 9,” said Bill Wentworth, head of the elections committee.

Association members will have five candidates to choose from — Larry Lee, Pat Renaud, incumbent Terri Mohr, incumbent Jeff Knepper and Dave Stevens. Two residents, Dan Moul and Slobodan Trendic, dropped out of the election last month.

Ocean Pines residents had the chance to get to know the individuals running at a June candidates forum. Residents of the Parke in Ocean Pines will meet the candidates at a forum in their community on Friday.

“We’ve found that very few Parke residents attend the Ocean Pines candidate forum, so we try to bring the candidates to our residents,” said organizer Diane McGraw.

Wentworth said ballots will be mailed today and must be returned to the Ocean Pines administration building by 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. A private contractor will count the ballots the following day before election results are announced at the Ocean Pines Association annual meeting Aug. 9.